Milton Keynes theatreLiz Pichon brings the young hero of her witty books to life in an adaptation that explodes with animations There is barely a boring sentence in Liz Pichon's books about …
Shakespeare's Globe, LondonMichelle Terry is revelatory as Hotspur and Sarah Amankwah makes a majestic Henry in a valiant if uneven trilogy 'A good heart," says Shakespeare's Henry V, "is th…
The lovers are back " as jaded fortysomethings fighting over chores in Ben Duke's production, and as lust-crazed teens in Matthew Bourne's Matthew Bourne never fancied remaking Romeo and Jul…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonA couple confront impending death with bawdy humour and burgeoning sadness in Ridiculusmus's unsettling two-hander Let's call this endurance clowning. Like all o…
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonSome of the humour in John Vanbrugh's 1697 sharp comedy about a tortured marriage doesn't endure, but there's much to admire in this important play Phillip Breen…
Royal Opera House, LondonSidi Larbi Cherkaoui's new ballet Medusa, with Natalia Osipova in the title role, is the tame centre of this Royal Ballet triple bill A woman is raped, then blamed f…
Birmingham Rep, and touringThe Rep's Roxana Silbert bows out with an inventive staging of Ursula Rani Sarma's adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's 2007 novel "Every street of Kabul is enthralling…
Duke of York's; Camden People's theatre; Hampstead, LondonHayley Atwell excels in a dazzling new Ibsen adaptation, while Thomas Hardy has a hand in dramas about HS2 and a Syrian cleaner Ther…
Hip-hop, grime and urban violence take centre stage in a new production of the Shakespeare tragedyModern street slang, words such as fam, peng, fleek and hench, should be dropped into Shakes…
The standup, actor and writer on the things that make her laugh the most I've come to think of my existence as BC and AD in terms of when I saw Kate Berlant's standup for the first time. Con…
SSE Hydro, GlasgowThe renaissance man's song-and-dance spectacular skips merrily through his acting career with celebrity pizzazz and unashamed sentimentality Is there a market Hugh Jackman …
The performer " who died this week " found fame as a musician and an impressionist, but could never escape a notorious Sun front page The career of the comedian and singer Freddie Starr, who…
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Young Vic, LondonRacial tensions simmer alongside those of class and family as Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke's American dream unravels There are two distinct impulses behind this remark…
The woman who got Christine and the Queens and Dua Lipa moving talks about her switch to Rambert and partying on tour with Madonna 'I'm a lazy girl," says Marion Motin, laughing at herself. …
Camden People's theatre, London The community railroaded by Britain's high-speed transport project turn their ire into a sparky protest show Sixty-three thousand. That's how many bodies are …
The Globe theatre, London, kicks off its new season with Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts I and II and Henry V, performed back to back on 10 and 11 May. Photographer Tristram Kenton captured the…
Birmingham RepThis staging of the bestseller loses the story's gut-wrenching power in a sea of lighthearted flourish Khaled Hosseini's bestselling book The Kite Runner is about fathers, sons…
Royal Opera House, LondonCrystal Pite reinvents the corps de ballet, alongside Christopher Wheeldon's classy meditation and a flawed world premiere by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui The world premiere…
Charing Cross theatre, LondonDespite witty couplets and a zippy staging, this whimsical tale struggles to engage When the multi-Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand died in January, obituar…
Everyman, CheltenhamShakespeare, wizards and panto dames all play their part in an evening of autobiography that is a love letter to theatre Scratch a great actor and you often find a born c…
Nottingham PlayhouseShelagh Stephenson's Olivier-winning play about siblings reuniting in Yorkshire for a funeral mixes comedy and tragedy With Alex Kingston scheduled to play Dr Stockmann i…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Performers scurry across the stage in Deborah Colker's inventive but scattershot show about the people of the Capibaribe River Brazilian choreographer Deborah C…
The 600-seat theatre, due to open in Facebook's new offices in 2021, will be an adaptable auditorium in the mould of the Bridge A new theatre is to open in King's Cross, central London, in a…
Survivors of addiction have taken over a shop in Bournemouth to stage Secret Voices. Their raw and harrowing stories show the holiday town in a new light Two men circle each other in a salt-…